Up next for the Ducks: Wednesday vs. San Jose

By Helene Elliott

March 28, 2012 12 AM PT

When: 7.

Where: Honda Center.

On the air: TV: KDOC; Radio: AM 830.

Records: Ducks 32-33-11, Sharks 39-27-10.

Record vs. Sharks: 4-1-0.

Update: The Ducks’ minuscule playoff chances could be mathematically closed out by the time they play this game. This would be their second non-playoff finish in three seasons. They made a late surge to No. 4 in the West last season but lost to Nashville in the first round. The Sharks have won three straight games for the first time since they won three in a row from Jan. 24 to Feb. 2. They passed the Kings and took the Pacific Division lead by one point Monday, the first time they have led the division since Feb. 25. Forward Logan Couture, injured Monday when he was hit by a shot from teammate Joe Thornton, practiced Tuesday and is expected to play.

helene.elliott@latimes.com

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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